14/11/2011 Spotlight

Could automatic weather warnings have made any difference to the

crash on the M5? A BBC has learned there were no

signs warning of poor conditions. As another protest camp pops up in

Exeter, the bishop's question of whether the protesters are going

about it in the right way? -- the Bishop questions. This is copycat.

They have been outside one cathedral and now they are outside

another. And the appeal helping thousands of

stroke patients to recover and survive.

10 days after the fatal crash on the M5 in Somerset, the BBC's

Inside Out has discovered no weather warnings were displayed on

the electronic signs that night, despite forecasts and reports of

fog in the area. It highlights the lack of automatic visibility

sensors in the region. Inside Out has been talking to motorists who

were caught up in the incident. Seven people died and 51 were

injured in the pilot earlier this month. Police are looking at

whether smoke from a near by fireworks display might have played

a part but I witness, Rob Weaving, says conditions were poor. There

was water on the ground, it was not raining heavily, there was fog.

Spotlight viewers, before caste included warnings of poor

visibility. It may turn misty with some fog. A Highways Agency says it

did not receive any forecast of hazardous conditions and no one

reported fog to them, so they did not activate their warning signs. A

handful of motorways in the UK have automatic visibility sensors which

can detect smoke and fog and warned Highways controllers. -- unworn.

The Highways Agency's -- Highways Agency says they are located in

places prone to poor visibility. Why add these visibility centres

more widely used in the South West? I have spoken to one manufacturer.

He said that while it bigoted itself is not expensive, about --

for while the gadget its self is not expensive, you need

infrastructure to get the signal back to the control centre. The

Highways controlled agency says they are in place in known fog hot

spots but cost is an issue. And you have heard more eyewitness

accounts? Human Neno was travelling with her husband on the night. --

Ciara. She says her and her husband were protected by a bad that they

will never forget. -- protected by a jack-knifed lorry and it was a

night they will never forget. was like a movie set. There was

mangled metal everywhere. I could hear the rugby club. I just kept

thinking, God, they have no idea. More tonight on in Senate.

-- inside out. The Bishop of Exeter is criticising

an anti-capitalist would for setting up a protest outside the

cathedral. He says the group is going about the process in the

wrong way. They are part of the Occupied movement, which began in

New York's Wall Street Inns of temper. It is a protest against

corporate greed and wealth inequality.

We are looking for more accountability in the political

systems, equality for everybody, so it is not 1% holding the world's

wealth, and creating a fairer world. Since September, the protests have

spread to more than 900 cities. One of the most controversial has been

outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, where several members of

the clergy resigned and protesters were initially threatened with

eviction. Our correspondent is at the extra protest tonight.

There are about 20 tense here tonight. It has all been very good-

natured so far but there is definite tension between the

protesters and cathedral authorities. Neither side is really

saying exactly what they intend to do. Beneath this virus, 1,000 years

of history, and a more modern phenomenon. -- beneath the

cathedral. Cathedral Green is the iconic heart of Exeter and the

demonstration is causing concern amongst some. As a working man, if

these people are sat here, they are not employed and they are not

working and we are paying for them to be sat around doing nothing.

can voice your opinion, but that makes it look, Exeter is not bat,

Exeter is lovely. Everyone has been fed up and they want to make a

statement with the problems about the banking perk is -- crisis. I am

supportive of their views. Michael Langrish to date met the protesters.

-- today. He said they have a valid points but Cathedral Green is not

the right place. If anyone wants to tell us where we should not be here,

they should come. We are open to criticism. We have been chatting

with people. On Saturday one lady came by to tell us where we should

not be here and she ended up signing a petition. For a business

you, we asked one of the South West's best-known entrepreneurs.

would like them to create a business and see what you have got

to do to do it. It is not easy. And then, go out and do what they are

moaning about. When they get a few quid and they have got a nice car,

I bet they will not be protesting any more. Protesters say it is open

ended. The diocese says it will be tolerated for now but the position

will be kept under review. Interesting days may lie ahead.

With me is the Bishop of Exeter, Michael Langrish. People have

voiced concerns. They are trespassing. What are you going to

do? Each day we will engage with them as fellow human beings with

the right to protest. Each day we will challenge them where we think

they are wrong and remind them this is holy ground, and many people are

buried here and it ought to be respected, and that there are other

people in Exeter with the right to use the space, many with a

legitimate right and we should challenge them before they are

doing impinges on crowds of other people. -- on the right.

Diplomatically put, but is that enough? We must take each day as it

comes. To speculate on what might happen would be irresponsible and

foolish. It could provoke things we would not want to happen. That

might sound like you do not know what to do their --? We would know

exactly what to do, given a range of circumstances. I am not able to

speculate what might happen. would be aware of St Paul's

Cathedral, where a lack of decision-making contributed to a

mess? There was a sense are protocols being developed on the

hoof. We have had for the cost and processes in place for a very long

time. -- protocols. We are convinced they are robust enough to

deal with any circumstance. You might come along in different

circumstances and ask what we are doing men. The most immediate

concern for the cathedral and the City is that the homecoming parade

on Wednesday will go without a hedge. The protesters said they

will be no disruption. -- There will be.

Three people have been arrested as part of a murder investigation in

Newton Abbott. A man was found dead in a house in Valley Path in the

town. Two women a-day men are being questioned by police.

A 14-year-old girl is being questioned by police in connection

with an alleged -- alleged racist incident in a shop in Bodmin. A

group of youths entered the store on Saturday night, racially abused

the shopkeeper, and through paid at him. Police are appealing for

witnesses. An appeal for help to improve the

lives of stroke victims in Cornwall has reached a milestone. The

Phoenix Stroke Appeal has raised over �100,000. In Cornwall, over

1,000 people are you suffer a stroke. The appeal has bought

equipment vital to their recovery. A week ago Dennis was fit and

mobile but a stroke has left him unable to speak or move.

Determination and his special wheelchair is helping him recover.

One day I was active and next day, I was paralysed, just like that.

Now I have got to fight back and do everything from scratch. It �30,000

from the friends of Royal Cornwall Hospital has purged the Phoenix

Stroke Appeal and's total up to �100,000. -- Phoenix Stroke

Appeal's. It means they have access to the latest equipment that we can

possibly use, and if we can get people mobilised and assess

swallowing, it means we can get them on to the way to recovery much

sooner. BBC Radio Cornwall has boosted the appeal it by making up

the station's partner charity for the year. This lesson or raise

money by holding a garden party. -- listen or raised money. She was

keen to help. I felt I needed to give something back to those who

had helped me. I had a stroke and had an operation and was cared for

by people, who were so kind. Every year, more than 150,000 people in

England have a stroke. It is the third biggest cause of death and

the main cause of art of disability. Prompt treatment and access to

specialist equipment and staff is crucial to survival and recovery.

The appeal will also support Bodmin and Camborne red-brick hospitals

and community services. -- Redruth. Later, archaeologists discover a

possible link between a Cornish field and the D-Day landings. Plus,

Plan C is finding out how your fund-raising has been helping

24 people thought to be illegal workers have been arrested in a

series of raids across Devon. The UK Border Agency carried out the

arrests at shops and restaurants last week. One Vietnamese man and a

man from by-law - have been released on bail. The other 22 have

been retained in detention pending their removal from the UK.

More than 1,000 alcoholics in the South West could be on Incapacity

Benefit because of their drinking. Figures show Weymouth, Torbay and

Plymouth are significantly worse than the national average when it

comes to the number of people of working age claiming benefits

because of alcoholism. The figures are born in Cornwall and the rest

of Devon. The countdown is on for Children In

Need. -- the figures are lower.

Thank you to all of those who have requested fund-raising packs, and

if you have not, get your pens at the ready.

Last year in the South West, you raised hundreds of thousands of

pounds and that money has been awarded to projects to help improve

the lives of underprivileged children in the region.

One of the grants went to Big Fish Ventures, who teach traditional

bush craft skills and woodland games to children.

The children in this report are All these children are currently in

care, which means across the board they have experienced separation

and have had to move frequently, which is extremely disturbing and

challenging for any child. In school, sometimes they are a bit

mean, because, you probably haven't got this, because you are in care,

they probably wouldn't let you have it. Sometimes they find out and

tell it to everyone else. It made me feel quite upset and angry. I

never want anyone to know, except for my family and a few of my

friends. Two... Three... At they can find it

quite hard to trust people, to form relationships.

Ready or not, here I come. With some children, that can mean

behaviour problems, with the awl. When I came to the woods, I first

felt a little bit scared because I had never seen these people before.

I felt very happy and relaxed, and I didn't feel like anyone wants

stopping me, I could do what I liked.

All the people that are here are very nice and friendly and kind and

gentle. And listen. It means a lot to me, because they

understand me a bit better than everyone else in school. I think

everyone should have a chance of coming here to this amazing place,

As you can see, the money you give does make a difference, and this

Children In Need appeal is this Friday, and it is free to get into

the Eden Project from 6pm. It is the Eden Project from 6pm. It is

not too late to get a fund-raising Throughout the week, we will have

more of the project's you're fund- raising is helping in the South

West. Now time formed the sport -- no

time for the sport. All our football news in a minute,

but first, police in South Africa are continuing the investigation

into the death of the former Somerset and Devon cricket captain,

Peter Roebuck. The 55-year-old from Exmouth was in Cape Town covering

the Australian cricket team's tour and fell from an open window on

Saturday night. As a player, he was involved in one of Somerset's most

successful periods and one of the most controversial decisions.

Peter Roebuck was Somerset captain in a dressing room of superstars,

and intelligent, dog-eared critic - - doctor cricketer, perhaps

overshadowed by his more flamboyant team-mates. But he was never afraid

to be bowled and disputed decisions not to renew contracts. Ian Botham

left in con -- in protest and the scars of the decision have never

healed. He was a loner in many ways, and he

could be open and brutally honest about cricket, yet he would not get

-- let you get close to him as a person, and I don't think he may be

realised how much people liked him. There is an element of tragedy

there. He had other problems of the field

- in 2001 he was given a suspended jail sentence for common assault on

three young cricketers who were staying at his home. He moved to

Australia, where he became one of the sport's leading writers. His

forthright opinions were not always agreed with, but were always

respected. He was the top of the tree, the

doyenne of Australian journalism, both in the written press and as a

radio commentator. He was the man everyone read or listen to.

Former team-mates and friends remember him as a fine cricketer, a

brilliant mind, but also a troubled soul.

Exeter bowler, Robert Paxton, made history at the weekend becoming the

first qualifier to win a world title. The world No. 18 beat the

world No. Two, Greg Harlow, in the final of the Scottish international

opened to take the established World Bowls Tour title. He reached

the final without dropping a set. He eventually won 2-11, 10-2, 2-0.

It was a fantastic game, two Topsy Turvey set, but neither played

badly in either set. The first set, I was reasonably happy with how I

played. I knuckled down and tried to put under pressure, which he did

to me in the first set. It was the FA Cup first round on

Saturday come and all four of our sides are still in the hat. There

were two emphatic wins and two emphatic the draws for our sides.

He they collared the magic of the FA Cup, when the plucky lower

FA Cup, when the plucky lower League side tries to get one up on

higher-ranked opponents. Plymouth Argyle took the early lead,

but it is not so magical if you are a Plymouth fan.

Carl Fletcher later equalised. Stowbridge looked to have won it

when Sean Geddes put a late penalty a way, or Lee for aren't even later

solo effort burning the Pilgrims a replay.

Chesterfield. Exeter City left it until the final seconds to earn a

replay, as David Noble blasted this effort in two secured a 1-1 draw

effort in two secured a 1-1 draw with Walsall.

Finally, the rugby results from the weekend - Exeter last 15-12 to

Perpignan in the European Challenge Cup. In the British and Irish Cup,

Albion lost 18-17 against Ayr, an our or league because where the

Cornish pirates, beating Munster 10-6.

The archaeologists have discovered a series of World War II trenches

in a field near Truro. They are thought to have been dug by

American soldiers in 1944. Our correspondent has been to the

side, which has been covered by building work.

It looks like a muddy field on the outskirts of Truro, because it is,

but archaeologists have marked in yellow paint the areas they believe

are second-world-war foxholes. They did back to just before D-Day. Why

on earth would anyone be digging trenches before D-Day in the middle

of Cornwall? Archaeologists say this was one of

nearly 70 camps in Cornwall where nearly 30,000 troops of the

American twenty-ninth Division waited and prepared for the D-Day

landings. In chronological order, the troops

in Plymouth landed on, have beach in the first wave, those in Bodmin

where several hours later in the second wave, and the troops that

would have been in this encampment would have been barred from

Falmouth and would be on D-Day plus one, the next day. -- would have

embarked from Falmouth. The position of the trenches have

been mapped by a aerial photographs. A clue to the trenches is given in

the history of the American At First Tank Battalion.

The tents were pitched along hedgerows, stone fences and trees.

Trenches were dug for use against enemy air attacks.

In camps, you would have places you could run to if there was a raid of

some sort. Remember, the tents were only where

the fencing was on board of these sites, so it is very close, so this

is the area in between. A retail park will soon cover the

evidence of the trenches, but a record of the camp, where some G I

raised spent their last night before D-Day will become part of a

Let's take a look at the weather now. That is so mild, nearly

halfway through November and we have had barely any frost atoll.

have had barely any frost atoll. We have had one night of frost. It

has not exactly been expiring, the weather. -- inspiring. Not a great

deal of change through the night, more sunshine tomorrow, though.

Still dry, more rain really tomorrow. We may well be under this

cloud band, it may be thick enough into parts of Dorset and Somerset

to give drizzle, and the hill fog returns overnight. This was area

today in Plymouth looking out across Plymouth Sound. There was

some late sunshine here and across parts of Cornwall. As you can see,

still a lot of cloud around. The south-east winds have brought quite

a lot of he's in the air. -- haze. We still have this area of high

pressure, it has weakened, but it is blocking these weather fronts in

the Atlantic from getting towards us. A couple of areas of low

pressure in there. By lunchtime on Wednesday, they come somewhat

closer, and towards the end of the day on Wednesday we will see thick

cloud bike giving outbreaks of light and patchy rain. Slow

progress on those weather fronts coming in off the Atlantic. This

evening and tonight, the cloud will fill in again, either with low

cloud or mist patches forming. Still the risk of drizzle up

towards Somerset, perhaps over Exmoor, and for the rest of us a

dry night misty in places, and relatively mild, colder air coming

in overnight, so not double figures. Possibly as low as between 6 and

eight Celsius. Tomorrow morning, we have a sunny spells through the

morning and into the afternoon. More sunshine, generally more damps

in the cloud tomorrow. Still feeling relatively mild, winds from

the east or south-east, and temperatures of 13 or 14 Celsius,

not quite the warmth we saw through the weekend. For the Isles of

Scilly, a keen breeze from the south-east, 13 Celsius the top

temperature, and the times of high Waves on the north coast will be

clean, armed to three feet, the South Coast somewhat choppy

depending on the way the beach Here is the forecast for the rest

of this week - Wednesday a lot of cloud, a lot of the cloud for much

of the day, giving some patchy rain at the end of the day. Thursday,

showers, changing winds direction, wins from the South West. -- winds

from the South West. On Friday, perhaps a bright start, later in

the day for Children In Need there may be some patchy rain, so take

may be some patchy rain, so take your umbrella or waterproof.

A reminder of the top story tonight...

The M5 crash - could win a warnings have made a difference on the

right? And the anti-capitalist campaign in

Exeter - the Bishop questions whether it is the right way forward.